Further east, high desert plateaus give way to the mountains of the northern Sierra.

Most of the area covered by the governorate constitutes part of the Syrian desert plateau.

At that moment our column was winding through the first foothills below the desert plateau.

The vegetation was sparse and dry, clinging to life in the volcanic rock of the desert plateau.

The desert plateau is at 3,500 feet.

A few mountains along the coast, then the desert plateau inland for hundreds of miles.

You couldn't camouflage a heavy truck road through the mountains and across some desert plateau.

Beyond the pass lay the stunning high desert plateau of Mustang.

The terrain in the park is now a transition zone between the low desert plateaus and the Rocky Mountains.

The valley, a 30-mile swath through a desert plateau, provides about 70 percent of the nation's farm-raised rainbow trout.